These Low Calorie Air Fryer Taquitos with Chicken and Cheese have 9.6 grams of protein and just 116 calories!
Plus this chicken taquitos recipe is gluten free, and so easy to make. You can use leftover chicken, or rotisserie chicken from the grocery store.
This air fry taquitos recipe comes with a low calorie guide, so you can make your favorite taquitos recipes low in calories and healthier.
At just 116 calories, you can fill up on these air fried rolled tacos without guilt!
These Low Calorie Air Fryer Taquitos with Chicken and Cheese are just 116 calories!
Air Fryer Taquitos with Chicken and Cheese
This article will supply you with everything you’ll need to make a healthy recipe for chicken taquitos in an air fryer.
From a shopping list, to a printable recipe card. You’ll even find low calorie tips to making chicken taquitos healthy, and a handy nutrition label.
We’ve included these helpful sections to make the chicken and cheese taquitos recipe easy…
What You’ll Find in this Article:
- Air Fryer Chicken Taquitos Ingredients (shopping list!)
- How to Make Taquitos in Air Fryer
- Air Fryer Taquitos with Chicken and Cheese (recipe card!)
- Nutrition and Calories in Chicken and Cheese Taquitos
Helpful Tip for Shopping: Take a screenshot of the shopping list to your phone. This way you have it at your fingertips the next time you go grocery shopping.
Recipe Card Uses: You can email yourself this recipe card so you can easily search for it (I have a folder in email just for recipes!) Or print it so you have it handy, and can make notes. You can even pin this cheese and chicken taquitos gluten free recipe to Pintrest so it is safely stored for you.
Up next, a shopping list for air fryer taquitos chicken and cheese recipes…
Air Fryer Chicken Taquitos Ingredients
It’s easy to make low calorie taquitos chicken and cheese filled. These helpful tips will help you save calories and fat in all your recipes!
Low Calorie Tips to Making Air Fry Taquitos Healthy:
- Olive oil spray… Instead of drizzling or dipping your taquitos in oil, use a fine mist of olive oil and save 100’s of calories and lots of fat!
- Corn tortillas… Corn tortillas have 1/2 the calories of flour tortillas!
- Sharp Cheese… Get sharp cheddar cheese. It has more flavor, so you won’t need as much to give these homemade chicken taquitos yummy.
Homemade Taquitos Shopping List:
- Olive oil spray
- Yellow onion
- Garlic
- Mild salsa verde (or your favorite salsa)
- Shredded chicken
- Shredded cheddar cheese
- Corn tortillas
Time Saving Tip: Get rotisserie chicken from the grocery store while you’re picking up the rest of the ingredients. Then you can shred the chicken when you get home, and skip having to make it.
Make Chicken Taquito Ingredients from Scratch:
- Shredded Chicken: You can make your own shredded chicken for meal prep, here’s a great recipe.
- Homemade Green Salsa: Make your own green salsa with this healthy recipe!
Special Tip: You can find all the measurements in the recipe card below. There you can choose how many servings of air fryer taquitos Mexican rolled tacos you want to make, and it will do all the measurement math for you! All of the ingredients for air fried chicken taquitos can be doubled or tripled with the click of a button.
Up next, how to make air fryer taquito recipe…
How to Make Taquitos in Air Fryer
As you saw above, you can make this recipe easily with rotisserie chicken from the store, and store-bought green salsa.
Or, you can make everything from scratch, including the shredded chicken, and salsa.
No matter how you make these homemade air fryer taquitos, we know you’ll love them…
How to Make Taquitos Air Fryer Recipes:
- Preheat the air fryer to 400°.
- Heat a skillet on medium heat. Spray with olive oil and add in the onions. Cook for 5 minutes.
- Add in the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
- Turn off the heat, and add in the salsa verde, chicken and cheese. Mix together.
- Steam the tortillas in the microwave according to package (wrap in a wet paper towel and cook for 30-60 seconds until hot and pliable).
- To each tortilla, scoop 3 tablespoons of the filling down the middle of the tortilla. Then roll the tortillas into taquitos.
- Place taquitos seam down in the air fryer basket, making sure they are not touching, and spray with olive oil. (Work in batches if needed.)
- Air fry for 6-9 minutes, until golden brown and crispy. Flip taquitos over, spray with olive oil, and air fry for an additional 3-5 minutes.
Special Tip: You can find these directions, along with measurements, nutrition and more in the sharable recipe card in the next section!
Up next, a sharable recipe card for the best air fryer taquitos recipe…
Air Fryer Taquitos with Chicken and Cheese
This low calorie air fryer chicken taquitos recipe is easy, and fun.
If you missed the low-calorie tips and tricks, be sure to see the “ingredients” section above. You’ll also find tips for making this recipe easy and fast.
Each chicken air fryer taquito is just 116 calories… I like to serve 3 (this recipe makes 6 taquitos) with some homemade Cilantro Lime Rice. It’s makes for a healthy, low calorie dinner under 500 calories.
Air Fryer Chicken Taquitos {JUST 116 CALORIES}
Equipment
- Air fryer
Ingredients
- Olive oil spray
- 1 small yellow onion minced
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1/4 cup mild salsa verde or your favorite salsa
- 1 cup shredded chicken
- 1/3 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 6 corn tortillas
Instructions
- Preheat the air fryer to 400°.
- Heat a skillet on medium heat. Spray with olive oil and add in the onions. Cook for 5 minutes.
- Add in the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
- Turn off the heat, and add in the salsa verde, chicken and cheese. Mix together.
- Steam the tortillas in the microwave according to package (wrap in a wet paper towel and cook for 30-60 seconds until hot and pliable).
- To each tortilla, scoop 3 tablespoons of the filling down the middle of the tortilla. Then roll the tortillas into taquitos.
- Place taquitos seam down in the air fryer basket, making sure they are not touching, and spray with olive oil. (Work in batches if needed.)
- Air fry for 6-9 minutes, until golden brown and crispy. Flip taquitos over, spray with olive oil, and air fry for an additional 3-5 minutes.
Notes
Nutrition
Up next, air fried chicken taquitos calories and nutrition…
Nutrition and Calories in Chicken and Cheese Taquitos
In the sections above, we have highlighted how to make low calorie air fried taquitos recipes.
You can even find low-calorie tips and tricks in the “ingredients” section above.
Make sure to see more low calorie dinner recipes in the next section… Keep scrolling!
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